Little England: Scenes from a Small Island 

Conductor Leo Hussain

Cast from La Chappelle Musicale

La Monnaie, Brussels 26, 28, 29 April 2009

Punch and Judy by Harrison Birtwistle

Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell

Albert Herring by Benjamin Britten

A Dinner Engagement by Lennox Berkeley

A Hand of Bridge by Samuel Barber

Powder Her Face by Thomas Ades

The Rape of Lucretia by Benjamin Britten

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Benjamin Britten 

Little England set out to explore themes of satire, gossip and scandal and expose the hypocrisy that abides within all strata of society.  An underlying world of fairies, witches and puppets watched as small-minded people went about their increasingly ridiculous lives before the entire world was torn apart by grief.   

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